Wonder at These 7 Exquisitely Designed Sweets!

Wonder at These 7 Exquisitely Designed Sweets!

Japan has a long history of making sweets, most particularly tied to the tea ceremony, and further influenced by sugar imported during its feudal period. Wonder at these finely sculpted miniature works of edible art!

7. Takaoka Ramune: Soda-Flavored Candy (Toyama)


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Established in 1838, Takaoka Ramune is a veteran Japanese candy shop that conceived of ramune, a soda-flavored candy that uses Koshi-hikari rice as its main ingredient. The shape of each piece of candy is different, with a beauty that can be mistaken for rakugan (dried sweets made with rice flour and powdered sugar). Handmade ramune that are small enough to hold on the tip of a finger are the product of tradition passed down by Japanese confectioners, with elaborately detailed, beautiful shapes that are tiny works of art.

You can feel the tradition and commitment of a veteran Japanese confectioner with a history of nearly 170 years in these treats. These fun ramune bear traditional patterns symbolizing good fortune, such as the seashell-styled kaizu-kushi design, the sea-bream-styled takara-zukushi design, which brings good fortune and treasure, and the hana-zukushi design, bringing in the flowers of the four seasons, as well as other shapes that tell a traditional Japanese story.

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6. Suwako-mame: Sugar Glazed Soybeans (Nagano)


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Suwako-mame are a traditional Japanese sweet that have been eaten for nearly all of the last century. They are traditionally made in the Suwa region of Nagano Prefecture, an area rich in soybeans, with a thriving miso production and soy sauce brewing tradition that date back to ancient times.

Full article continued at All About Japan

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